US8130967B2 - Frequency-characteristic-acquisition device, frequency-characteristic-acquisition method, and sound-signal-processing device - Google Patents

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US8130967B2 US11/581,648 US58164806A US8130967B2 US 8130967 B2 US8130967 B2 US 8130967B2 US 58164806 A US58164806 A US 58164806A US 8130967 B2 US8130967 B2 US 8130967B2
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  • the present invention contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP 2005-302985 filed in the Japanese Patent Office on Oct. 18, 2005, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
  • the present invention relates to a frequency-characteristic-acquisition device and a method used therefor, where the frequency-characteristic-acquisition device acquires information about the frequency characteristic of a sound signal that is output from a speaker and that is transmitted to a microphone on the basis of a result of collecting a test signal by using the microphone.
  • the present invention further relates to a sound-signal-processing device having the function of acquiring the frequency-characteristic information.
  • a test signal such as a time-stretched-pulse (TSP) signal or the like is output from a speaker and collected by using a separately provided microphone. Further, information about the frequency characteristic of a sound signal output from the audio system is acquired on the basis of a result of collecting the test signal by using the microphone, and the frequency characteristic is analyzed.
  • TSP time-stretched-pulse
  • the TSP signal that is output from the speaker and collected by the microphone is subjected to Fourier-transform processing such as fast-Fourier-transform (FFT) processing, and the frequency-characteristic information is acquired. Then, a gain characteristic, a phase characteristic, and so forth are calculated on the basis of a result of the frequency-characteristic acquisition.
  • Fourier-transform processing such as fast-Fourier-transform (FFT) processing
  • the frequency-characteristic information was acquired according to the following method. Namely, the sampling rate (an operation frequency) of a reproduction device which reproduces and/or outputs the TSP signal is determined to be Fs, and the number of samples subjected to the FFT processing (the number of samples of the TSP signal) is determined to be n.
  • the TSP signal includes signals generated in the range of from 0 to Fs/2 Hz, where gains of the signals generated at each of intervals of Fs/n Hz are the same as one another.
  • the TSP signal includes signals generated in the frequency range of from 0 to 22.05 (44.12) kHz, where gains of the signals generated at each of intervals of about 10.8 (44100/4096) Hz are the same as one another.
  • TSP signal When the above-described TSP signal is obtained, for example, it becomes possible to analyze the frequency characteristic of each of frequency bands included in the range of from 0 to 22.05 kHz at intervals of about 10.8 Hz.
  • the value of the above-described interval relating to the TSP signal is shown by the expression Fs/n, where the interval can be used as a resolution of frequencies of an analyzable frequency band.
  • Fs/n the interval
  • the number of samples of the TSP signal which is designated by n, should be increased.
  • the capacity of a memory holding data on the TSP signal may have to be increased, so as to analyze the frequency characteristic of the low-frequency band at short intervals. Further, since the number n of samples subjected to the FFT processing is increased, the load of processing also increases.
  • the value of sample number n is determined to be 4096 so that the value of each of the frequency intervals becomes about 10.8 Hz, which allows for analyzing the frequency characteristic of the low-frequency band at relatively short intervals.
  • the value of each of the frequency intervals increases, which makes it difficult to analyze the frequency characteristic of the low-frequency band at short intervals.
  • the value of the intervals at which the frequency-characteristic-information is acquired is limited depending on the hardware resource of the reproduction device.
  • a frequency-characteristic-acquisition device has the following configuration.
  • the frequency-characteristic-acquisition device that inputs a time-stretched-pulse signal to a system to be measured and that acquires information about a frequency characteristic of the system on the basis of a signal output from the system includes a control unit which performs control so that the time-stretched-pulse signal is expanded in a time-axis direction and output to the system, and an acquisition unit that analyzes the signal output from the system and that acquires the frequency-characteristic information.
  • a frequency-characteristic-acquisition method includes the steps of transmitting a time-stretched-pulse signal expanded in a time-axis direction to a system to be measured, and analyzing a signal output from the system, so as to acquire information about a frequency characteristic of the system.
  • a sound-signal-processing device includes a reproduction unit which reproduces a sound signal that should be output from a speaker, a control unit that expands a time-stretched-pulse signal in a time-axis direction and that performs control so that the time-stretched-pulse signal is output from the speaker, an acquisition unit that acquires information about a frequency characteristic of an acoustic-transmission system that starts from the speaker and ends at a microphone on the basis of the expanded time-stretched-pulse signal collected by the microphone, and a sound-adjustment unit which performs predetermined adjustment for a sound signal that should be output from the speaker on the basis of a result of an analysis of the frequency-characteristic information acquired by the acquisition unit.
  • the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction and output in the above-describe manner.
  • the sampling-rate value is determined to be Fs
  • the sample number is determined to be n
  • the value of the rate at which the TSP signal is expanded is determined to be K
  • the TSP signal includes signals generated in the frequency range of from 0 to Fs/2 ⁇ K Hz, where gains of the signals generated at each of intervals of Fs/n ⁇ K Hz are the same as one another.
  • the range of frequencies included in the TSP signal is reduced by as much as the value corresponding to the expansion rate (the reduction rate is shown by the expression 1/K).
  • the value of each of the frequency intervals can be reduced by as much as the value corresponding to the expansion rate (the reduction rate is shown by the expression 1/K).
  • the value of each of the frequency intervals can be reduced without increasing the sample number n so that the frequency-characteristic information can be obtained at short intervals irrespective of the hardware resource of the device.
  • the value of the range of frequencies included in the TSP signal is determined on the basis of the expression 1/K. Therefore, the present invention allows for analyzing a low-frequency band at short intervals.
  • the above-described sound-signal-processing device allows for adjusting a sound signal that should be output from the speaker on the basis of a result of an analysis on the frequency characteristic acquired in the above-described manner.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the internal configuration of a sound-signal-processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention and the configuration of an audio system including the above-described sound-signal-processing device, speakers, and a microphone;
  • FIG. 2 illustrates various functional operations performed by a control unit provided in the sound-signal-processing device
  • FIG. 3 illustrates frequency-characteristic-analysis operations performed according to the above-described embodiment
  • FIG. 4A shows the case where a TSP signal is output under normal conditions so that the case can be compared with the case where the TSP signal is expanded and output, as shown in FIG. 4B ;
  • FIG. 4B shows the case where the TSP signal is expanded and output so that the case can be compared with the case where the TSP signal is output under normal conditions, as shown in FIG. 4A ;
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing operations performed when the TSP signal (time-expanded signal) is output, as the frequency-characteristic-analysis operations performed according to the above-described embodiment;
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing operations performed over a time period from when a collected-sound signal is sampled to when a frequency characteristic is analyzed, as the frequency-characteristic-analysis operations performed according to the above-described embodiment;
  • FIG. 7 shows a frequency characteristic acquired according to a known method, as an experiment result
  • FIG. 8 shows a frequency characteristic acquired according to a method according to the above-described embodiment, as another experiment result
  • FIG. 9 shows an example modification of the first embodiment
  • FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example modification of the sound-signal-processing device according to the above-described embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 shows the internal configuration of a reproduction device 2 performing sound-signal processing according to a first embodiment of the present invention and the configuration of an audio system 1 including the reproduction device 2 .
  • the reproduction device 2 includes a medium-reproduction unit 15 , so as to reproduce data recorded onto a desired recording medium.
  • the desired recording medium may be an optical-disk recording medium including a compact disc (CD), a digital-versatile disk (DVD), a Blu-Ray Disc, and so forth, a magnetic disk including a mini disc (MD), which is a magneto-optical disk, a hard disk, and so forth, a recording medium including a semiconductor memory, and so forth.
  • the audio system 1 of the first embodiment includes a plurality of speakers SP 1 , SP 2 , SP 3 , and SP 4 .
  • Each of the speakers SP 1 to SP 4 outputs an audio signal (sound signal) reproduced by the medium-reproduction unit 15 .
  • the audio system 1 further includes a microphone (MIC) M 1 required to analyze a frequency characteristic which will be described later, as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • MIC microphone
  • the above-described audio system 1 can be used, as a car-audio system and/or a surround system with 5.1 channels, for example.
  • the number of the speakers provided in the audio system 1 is determined to be four, for example. However, it is essential only that the audio system 1 includes at least two speakers. Therefore, the number of the speakers is not limited to that determined in the first embodiment.
  • the reproduction device 2 includes a sound-input terminal Tin which transmits a sound signal collected by the microphone M 1 .
  • the reproduction device 2 is connected to the microphone M 1 via the sound-input terminal Tin.
  • the reproduction device 2 has a plurality of sound-output terminals Tout 1 , Tout 2 , Tout 3 , and Tout 4 corresponding to the plurality of speakers SP 1 , SP 2 , SP 3 , and SP 4 .
  • the reproduction device 2 is connected to the speakers SP 1 to SP 4 via the output terminals Tout 1 to Tout 4 .
  • control unit 10 transmits sound signals of a plurality of systems of which number is determined according to the number of the above-described speakers SP 1 to SP 4 to the above-described output terminals Tout 1 to Tout 4 via a digital-to-analog (D/A) converter 14 . It should be noted that any of the sound signals is transmitted to one of the output terminals Tout 1 to Tout 4 according to the correspondence between the system from which the sound signal is transmitted and the output terminal.
  • D/A digital-to-analog
  • the control unit 10 includes a digital-signal processor (DSP) and/or a central-processing unit (CPU), for example, and is configured to perform various functional operations which will be described later.
  • DSP digital-signal processor
  • CPU central-processing unit
  • the control unit 10 includes a read-only memory (ROM) 11 and a random-access memory (RAM) 12 .
  • the ROM 11 stores a program and information about a coefficient, a parameter, and so forth that are necessary for the control unit 10 to perform various control processing procedures.
  • the ROM 11 stores data on a time-stretched-pulse (TSP) signal 11 a .
  • TSP time-stretched-pulse
  • an operation-clock frequency (sampling rate) Fs of the reproduction device 2 is determined to be 44.1 kHz. Further, the number of samples of the TSP signal 11 a is determined to be 512.
  • the RAM 12 is used, as a work area used for storing data on operations performed by the control unit 10 temporarily, for example.
  • the medium-reproduction unit 15 reproduces data recorded onto the above-described recording mediums.
  • the medium-reproduction unit 15 includes an optical head, a spindle motor, a reproduction-signal-processing unit, a servo circuit, and so forth, so as to irradiate a disk-type recording medium loaded into the medium-reproduction unit 15 with laser lights and reproduce a signal.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the various functional operations performed by the control unit 10 . Further, FIG. 2 also shows the medium-reproduction unit 15 , the ROM 11 , and the RAM 12 that are described in FIG. 1 .
  • the peaking filter 10 a is provided, so as to boost a desired frequency band of the TSP signal 11 a output from the speaker SP via the sound-output terminal Tout.
  • Information about the value Q, center frequency, and a gain of the peaking filter can be set to the peaking filter 10 a .
  • the peaking filter 10 a boosts the desired frequency band of the TSP signal 11 a on the basis of the above-described set values.
  • the TSP-signal-output unit 10 b outputs TSP signals that should be output from the speaker SP during the frequency-characteristic analysis that will be described later on the basis of the TSP signal 11 a , where data on the TSP signal 11 a is stored in the ROM 11 . Namely, TSP-signal-output unit 10 b outputs information about the values of the TSP signal 11 a in sequence on the basis of the operation-clock frequency. Each of the values of the TSP signals that are output in the above-described manner is transmitted to the speaker SP via the D/A converter 14 and the sound-output terminal Tout that are shown in FIG. 1 in that order. Subsequently, a sound signal generated on the basis of the TSP signal 11 a is output from the speaker SP, as an actual sound.
  • the TSP signal when information about the frequency characteristic is acquired, the TSP signal is output from each of the entire speakers SP 1 to SP 4 . Subsequently, the TSP-signal-output unit 10 b is made to output the TSP signal to each of lines of the entire speaker channels. That is to say, the TSP signal is output to each of a line connected to the sound-output terminal Tout 1 , a line connected to the sound-output terminal Tout 2 , a line connected to the sound-output terminal Tout 3 , and a line connected to the sound-output terminal Tout 4 , as shown in FIG. 1 .
  • the frequency-characteristic information can be acquired on the basis of the TSP signal output only from a selected speaker SP.
  • the TSP-signal-output unit 10 b outputs the TSP signal to the line connected to the sound-output terminal Tout corresponding to the selected speaker SP.
  • the TSP-signal-sampling unit 10 c transmits a signal that is transmitted from the A/D converter 13 shown in FIG. 1 and that is collected by the microphone M 1 , as a collected sound signal relating to the TSP signal output from the speaker SP. Then, the TSP-signal-sampling unit 10 c samples the collected sound signal on the basis of the operation-clock frequency. Data on the sampled signal and/or the TSP signal, the data being referred to as TSP data, is stored in the RAM 12 .
  • the FFT-processing unit 10 d performs FFT processing for the sampled TSP signal. Namely, information about the frequency characteristic of a sound signal that is output from the speaker SP and that is transmitted to the microphone M 1 is acquired. Information about the TSP signal that had been subjected to the FFT processing is also stored in the RAM 12 .
  • the sampled TSP signal may be subjected to Fourier-transform processing different from the above-described FFT processing.
  • the frequency-characteristic-analysis unit 10 e analyzes the frequency characteristic acquired through the FFT processing. More specifically, the frequency characteristic is analyzed by calculating the gain characteristic and/or the phase characteristic.
  • the sound-signal-processing unit 10 f performs channel (ch)-distribution processing, sound field-and-acoustic processing, and so forth, as shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the ch-distribution processing is performed, as below.
  • the sound-signal-processing unit 10 f distributes audio signals of a plurality of systems, the audio signals being generated on the basis of signals transmitted from the medium-reproduction unit 15 , to the lines connected to the speakers SP corresponding to the systems (namely, the sound-output terminals Tout corresponding to the systems) so that the audio signals are output.
  • the audio system 1 is provided, as a car-audio system
  • audio signals of two systems Lch and Rch the audio signals being reproduced by the medium-reproduction unit 15 , are distributed to lines connected to the speakers SP corresponding to the systems Lch and Rch (the sound-output terminals Tout corresponding to the systems Lch and Rch) so that the audio signals are output.
  • audio signals of the six systems corresponding to 5.1 channels are generated from the audio signals of the two systems. Then, the audio signals of the six systems are distributed to lines connected to the sound-output terminals Tout corresponding to the six systems so that the audio signals are output.
  • the above-described sound field-and-acoustic processing indicates processing performed, so as to achieve various acoustic effects by performing equalizing processing or the like and/or processing performed, so as to achieve a sound-field effect such as digital reverb.
  • the sound-signal-processing unit 10 f performs various types of adjustment.
  • the sound-signal-processing unit 10 f performs gain adjustments for every frequency band for the audio signal reproduced by the medium-reproduction unit 15 on the basis of a result of the frequency-characteristic analysis performed by the frequency-characteristic-analysis unit 10 e.
  • the TSP signal is used in the first embodiment, as in the past, so as to acquire the frequency-characteristic information.
  • the value of each of the frequency intervals of the TSP signal is determined to be Fs/n, where the frequency interval can be considered to be a resolution of frequencies of an analyzable frequency band.
  • the number of samples of the TSP signal which is designated by n, should be increased.
  • the capacity of a memory (the ROM 11 ) storing data on the TSP signal should be increased. Further, the value of the sample number n is increased so that the number of samples subjected to the FFT processing is increased. Subsequently, the processing load placed on the control unit 10 increases.
  • the intervals at which the frequency-characteristic information is acquired are limited depending on the hardware resource of the reproduction device 2 .
  • the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction and output according to a method described in FIG. 3 .
  • the waveform of the TSP signal is obtained when each of values of the TSP signal 11 a is output every single clock, where data on the TSP signal 11 a is stored in the ROM 11 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • the above-described TSP-signal waveform is obtained when the TSP signal is output under normal conditions.
  • the TSP signal is expanded by a predetermined number of times in the time-axis direction and output.
  • the TSP-signal value is expanded by K times in the time-axis direction and output.
  • the rate at which the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction is designated by K.
  • Each of frames surrounding waveforms shown in FIG. 3 denotes the beginning and ending of a single period of the TSP signal.
  • FIG. 4A illustrates the TSP signal output under the normal conditions for verification. Namely, when the number of samples of the TSP signal 11 a is determined to be n, each of values of from zero to n samples is output every single clock.
  • the number n of samples of the TSP signal of the first embodiment is determined to be 512. In that case, therefore, a single period length of the TSP signal is determined to be 512 clocks.
  • the operation-clock frequency is 44.1 kHz. Therefore, a single period length of the TSP signal output under the normal conditions is shown by the expression 512/44100 sec.
  • the TSP signal 11 a is up-sampled and output, as shown in FIG. 4B . Namely, each of values of the TSP signal is output for a predetermined plurality of clocks.
  • the value of the rate K at which the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction is determined to be ten.
  • each of the values of the TSP signal is output for ten clocks, so that the value of a single period length of the TSP signal to be output is shown by the expression 512 ⁇ 10 clocks. Further, at the sampling rate of 44.1 kHz, the single period length of the TSP signal is shown by the expression 5120/44100 sec.
  • the collected-sound signal is an expanded signal with a single period length of which value is obtained by multiplying n clocks by K.
  • the TSP signal acquired by performing the above-described down-sampling is subjected to the FFT processing performed by using n samples. Namely, the FFT processing is performed for the n samples of the TSP signal so that the frequency-characteristic information is acquired.
  • the frequency-characteristic information acquired by performing the FFT processing is analyzed. More specifically, the frequency characteristic is analyzed by calculating the gain characteristic and/or the phase characteristic.
  • the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction by K times and output.
  • the TSP signal includes signals generated in the frequency band of from 0 Hz to Fs/2 ⁇ K Hz, where gains of the signals generated at each of intervals of Fs/n ⁇ K Hz are the same as one another. That is to say, the TSP signal includes signals generated in the frequency range of from 0 to Fs/2 ⁇ K Hz, where the gains of the signals corresponding to each of intervals of Fs/n ⁇ K Hz are the same as one another.
  • the range of the frequencies included in the TSP signal is reduced by as much as the value corresponding to the rate at which the TSP signal is expanded (the reduction rate is shown by the expression 1/K).
  • the frequency interval can be reduced by as much as the value corresponding to the rate at which the TSP signal is expanded (the reduction rate is shown by the expression 1/K).
  • the TSP signal expanded by K times in the time-axis direction is down-sampled to a K-th of the original TSP signal according to the expansion rate K and acquired.
  • the acquired TSP signal becomes the same as that acquired by using the original n samples that are not yet output.
  • the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction. Therefore, the frequency range is reduced according to the rate K, as described above. Namely, since the TSP signal includes the signals generated in the frequency range of from 0 Hz to Fs/2 Hz, the frequency range of the signals included in the TSP signal expanded by K times in the time-axis direction is reduced to the frequency range of from 0 Hz to (Fs/K)/2 Hz.
  • the range of an analysis is reduced by as much as the value corresponding to the rate at which the TSP signal is expanded.
  • each of the frequency intervals can be decreased by as much as the value corresponding to the expansion rate.
  • the frequency-characteristic information can be acquired at short intervals determined according to the expansion rate irrespective of the number n of samples of the TSP signal so that the frequency characteristic can be analyzed at short intervals without being affected by the hardware resource of the reproduction device 2 and/or the control unit 10 .
  • the value of the sample number n is determined to be 4096 so that the value of each of the frequency intervals is set to about 10.8 Hz. Further, according to the method used in the first embodiment, the value of the sample number n is determined to be 512 and the value of the expansion rate K is determined to be 10 so that the value of each of the frequency intervals is set to about 8.61 Hz.
  • the range of frequencies included in the TSP signal is reduced to a K-th of the original frequency range. Therefore, according to the method used in the first embodiment, it becomes possible to analyze the low-frequency band at short intervals.
  • the TSP signal expanded by K times is down-sampled to a K-th of the original TSP signal and acquired so that the number of samples subjected to the FFT processing, the samples being included in the acquired TSP signal, can be determined to be the number n of the samples of the TSP signal.
  • n the number of samples subjected to the FFT processing necessary to acquire the frequency-characteristic information.
  • the processing capability of the control unit 10 can be reduced. Further, since the sample number n can be reduced according to the expansion rate K to be set, the number of samples subjected to the FFT processing can be reduced according to the reduced sample number n. That is to say, the FFT-processing capability of the control unit 10 can be reduced by as much as the value corresponding to the expansion rate K to be set, which also allows for analyzing the frequency characteristic at the short intervals without being affected by the hardware resource of the reproduction device 2 .
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 The processing operations shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are performed by the control unit 10 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 according to a program stored in the ROM 11 , for example.
  • FIG. 5 shows processing operations performed when the TSP signal (time-expanded signal) is output, as the frequency-characteristic-analysis operations of the first embodiment.
  • the processing operations shown in FIG. 5 correspond to operations performed by the TSP-signal-output unit 10 b provided, as one of the functional blocks shown in FIG. 2 .
  • an output-value-identification count value i is reset to zero.
  • the output-value-identification count value i is used, so as to determine which of the samples of the TSP signal 11 a on which data is stored in the ROM 11 should be output, at step S 103 which will be described later.
  • an output-number-identification count value j is reset to zero.
  • the output-number-identification count value j is used, so as to determine how many times a single value of values of the TSP signal is output, at step S 103 .
  • the i-th sample of the TSP signal is output. That is to say, a value specified by the above-described output-value-identification count value i, the specified value being included in the values of the TSP signal 11 a on which data is stored in the ROM 11 , is output to the D/A converter 14 shown in FIG. 1 .
  • step S 104 it is determined whether or not the output-number count value j attains the value of the expansion rate K.
  • the value of the expansion rate K is set to 10, for example, as described above.
  • step S 104 the processing advances to step S 105 where the output-number-identification count value j is incremented by one, as shown by the expression j+1. Then, the processing returns to step S 103 where the i-th sample of the TSP signal is output again.
  • steps S 104 , S 105 , S 103 , and S 104 are performed in repetition in that order, each of the values of the TSP signal are output for the plurality of clocks of which number is determined according to the expansion rate K.
  • step S 104 the processing advances to step S 106 where the output-number-identification count value j is reset to zero, and it is determined whether or not the output-value-identification count value i attains the value of the sample number n, at step S 107 .
  • the sample-number value n denotes the number of n samples of the TSP signal 11 a . Namely, at step S 107 , it is determined whether or not a single period's worth of TSP signals are output. In other words, it is determined whether or not the entire values of the TSP signal are output.
  • step S 107 when the output-value-identification count value i does not attain the sample-number value n so that a negative result is obtained, at step S 107 , the processing advances to step S 108 where the output-value-identification count value i is incremented by one, as shown by the expression i+1. Then, the processing returns to step S 103 where the i-th sample of the TSP signal is output again.
  • step S 107 when the output-value-identification count value i attains the sample-number value n so that a positive result is obtained, the processing advances to step S 109 where it is determined whether or not outputting the expanded signal should be finished. That is to say, it is determined whether or not the expanded signal is output over a predetermined time period.
  • step S 109 the processing returns to step S 101 so that the expanded signal is output, as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • step S 109 the output processing shown in FIG. 5 is finished.
  • processing operations shown in FIG. 6 are performed in parallel with the processing operations shown in FIG. 5 . Further, the processing operations shown in FIG. 6 correspond to operations performed by the TSP-signal-sampling unit 10 c , the FFT-processing unit 10 d , and the frequency-characteristic-analysis unit 10 e that are provided, as the functional blocks shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the expanded signal is sampled, at step S 202 . That is to say, a sound signal that is collected by the microphone M 1 and that is transmitted via the A/D converter 13 is sampled.
  • the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction by K times (ten times), as the expanded signal, as shown in FIG. 3 . That is to say, it is determined whether or not sampling is performed for the 512 ⁇ K-th clock (the 512 ⁇ 10-th clock) after the sampling is started.
  • step S 203 the processing advances to step S 204 where the control unit 10 waits over the time period corresponding to K ⁇ 1 clocks. Then, the processing returns to step S 202 where the expanded signal (the collected-sound signal) is sampled again.
  • step S 204 Since the wait processing corresponding to step S 204 is performed, the down-sampling shown in FIG. 3 is achieved.
  • the FFT processing is performed for the n samples for the sampled expanded signals. That is to say, since the number of samples of the expanded signals acquired by performing the down-sampling becomes n again, the FFT processing is performed for the n samples.
  • the frequency characteristic is analyzed, at step S 206 .
  • the gain characteristic and/or phase characteristic is calculated for the frequency characteristic acquired through the above-described FFT processing, so as to analyze the frequency characteristic.
  • Information about the frequency characteristic analyzed in the above-described manner is used for audio-signal adjustment performed by the control unit 10 , as the sound-signal-processing unit 10 f.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 shows the result of an experiment performed, so as to acquire the frequency-characteristic information by actually outputting the TSP signal.
  • FIG. 7 shows a result obtained when a sound signal collected by the microphone M 1 is sampled and subjected to the FFT processing according to the known method.
  • FIG. 8 shows a result obtained when the sound signal collected by the microphone M 1 is sampled and subjected to the FFT processing according to the method used in the first embodiment. Namely, each of FIGS. 7 and 8 shows a result of the frequency-characteristic acquisition. In each of FIGS. 7 and 8 , gains (dB) are shown along the vertical axis and frequencies (Hz) are shown along the horizontal axis.
  • the number n of the samples of the TSP signal is determined to be 512 and the value of the sampling rate Fs is determined to be 44.1 kHz. Further, according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 8 , the value of the expansion rate K is determined to be 10.
  • the range of frequencies of the signals included in the TSP signal is reduced to the range of from 0 to (Fs/K)/2 Hz, more specifically, the range of from 0 to 4410/2 Hz, that is, the range of from 0 to 2.205 kHz, since the value of the expansion rate K is 10.
  • the approximately straight line generated by the high frequencies, the straight line being shown in FIG. 7 is not observed.
  • the value of the analyzable frequency interval is about 8.61 Hz
  • the characteristics of frequencies around the center frequency of 30 Hz, the center frequency being set by the peaking filter 10 a can be analyzed.
  • the values of gains obtained around the center frequency of 30 Hz are boosted by as much as about 20 dB with reference to those obtained around the high-frequency area.
  • the same signal values are output for a plurality of predetermined clocks, as outputs of the expanded signal.
  • signal values may be output for each of pluralities of predetermined clocks (e.g., every ten clocks, as is the case with the first embodiment) and linear interpolation and/or zero interpolation may be performed over other periods.
  • the TSP signal is expanded in the time-axis direction and down-sampled according to the rate at which the TSP signal is expanded.
  • the TSP signal that is expanded by K times and that is output is reduced to a K-th of the original TSP signal and acquired, so as to decrease the number of samples subjected to the FFT (Fourier transform) processing.
  • the TSP signal that is expanded by K times and that is output may be sampled, as it is, instead of being subjected to down-sampling, and subjected to the Fourier-transform processing, so that the frequency-characteristic information is acquired, as shown in FIG. 9 . That is to say, the collected-sound signal of the TSP signal that is expanded by K times and output is sampled for every single clock and acquired, and subjected to the Fourier-transform processing, so that the frequency-characteristic information is obtained.
  • the TSP signal is also expanded and output. Therefore, the range of analyzable frequencies is limited to a frequency range determined on the basis of the expansion rate K, as is the case with the first embodiment.
  • the frequency interval can be decreased by as much as the value corresponding to the expansion rate K.
  • the number n of samples that should be held, as the TSP signal can be decreased according to the expansion rate K, and the frequency interval is not limited due to the memory capacity considered to be the hardware resource of the reproduction device 2 .
  • the number of samples subjected to the Fourier-transform processing is determined according to the expression n ⁇ K, as shown in FIG. 9 . Further, with regard to the processing capability of the reproduction device 2 , the frequency interval is limited.
  • the above-described method is effective when the memory capacity is poor even though the reproduction device 2 has a sufficient processing capability.
  • At least one low-pass filter (LPF) 20 may be provided in a system used for outputting the TSP signal and/or a system used for collecting and sampling the TSP signal, as shown in FIG. 10 . More specifically, the LPF 20 may be provided between the sound-input terminal Tin and the A/D converter 13 , and/or the A/D converter 13 and the control unit 10 . Further, the LPF 20 may be provided in the control unit 10 , between the control unit 10 and the D/A converter 14 , and/or the D/A converter 14 and the sound-output terminal Tout, for example.
  • the above-described configuration allows for effectively reducing the high-frequency noise occurring in the expanded TSP signal and acquiring information about a correct frequency characteristic.
  • the single period's worth of expanded signals are sampled and the frequency-characteristic information is obtained.
  • a plurality of period's worth of expanded signals may be acquired, and added and averaged. After that, the averaged signals are subjected to the Fourier-transform processing, so that the frequency-characteristic information is obtained.
  • a sound-signal-processing device includes the above-described medium-reproduction unit 15 , so as to have the function of reproducing data recorded onto a recording medium and/or the function of receiving a broadcast signal.
  • the sound-signal-processing device may further include an amplifier, so as to input a sound signal reproduced (received) outside and adjust the input sound signal on the basis of an analyzed frequency characteristic.

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